A POLICE officer shared a snippet of a day in their shoes after being 'reminded of the reason' for joining the force.

Taking to the Thames Valley Police Banbury Twitter account, officer P6342 said: "When a 15-year-old tells you 'if you hadn't of come within the next twenty minutes, I would have jumped.

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"I don't want to die, I just don't know what else to do' you are reminded of the reason we joined the police and through it all, we are there."